2022 Cork Senior A Hurling Championship

The 2022 Cork Senior A Hurling Championship was the third staging of the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2020. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 8 February 2022.^[1] The championship ran from 30 July to 9 October 2022.

2022 Cork Senior A Hurling Championship

Dates	30 July - 9 October 2022
Teams	12
Sponsor	Co-Op Superstores
Champions	Fr. O'Neill's (1st title) Kevin O'Sullivan (captain) Robert Cullinane (captain) Bryan Sweeney (manager) Dave Colbert (manager)
Runners-up	Courcey Rovers Tadhg O'Sullivan (captain) Seán Guiheen (manager)
Relegated	Ballymartle
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	64 (2.67 per match)
Points scored	880 (36.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Declan Dalton (1-50)
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The final was played on 9 October 2022 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Courcey Rovers and Fr. O'Neill's, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Fr. O'Neill's won the match by 0–20 to 2–12 to claim their first ever championship title in the grade.^[2]

Declan Dalton was the championship's top scorer with 1-50.

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship

• Carrigtwohill^[3]

Promoted from the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

• Courcey Rovers^[4]

From Championship

Promoted to the Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship

• Kanturk^[5]

Relegated to the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

• Bandon^[6]

Participating clubs

Team	Location	Colours	Manager(s)	Captain
Ballyhea	Ballyhea	Black and white	John Mortell	Pa O'Callaghan
Ballymartle	Riverstick	Green and yellow
Blarney	Blarney	Red and white	Mick Barrett
Bride Rovers	Rathcormac	Green, white and gold	Liam Barry	Patrick O'Flynn
Courcey Rovers	Ballinspittle	Red and white	Seán Guineen	Tadhg O'Sullivan
Carrigtwohill	Carrigtwohill	Blue and yellow
Cloyne	Cloyne	Red and black	Eoin O'Lomasney
Fermoy	Fermoy	Black and yellow	Trevor Grumbridge
Fr. O'Neill's	Ballymacoda	Red and green	Dave Colbert Bryan Sweeney	Kevin O'Sullivan Robert Cullinane
Killeagh	Killeagh	Green and white	Brian Barry
Mallow	Mallow	Red and yellow	Joe Buckley
Newcestown	Newcestown	Red and yellow	Charlie Wilson

Group A

Group A table

  Advance to knockout stage   Advance to relegation play-off

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Fermoy	3	3	0	0	69	57	12	6
Cloyne	3	1	0	2	71	68	3	2
Mallow	3	1	0	2	69	72	-3	2
Newcestown	3	1	0	2	62	75	-13	2

Group A results

Cloyne v Fermoy

30 July 2022 Round 1	Cloyne	2-19 - 3-17	Fermoy	Jamesy Kelleher Memorial Park
	B O’Shea 0-10 (0-6 f), B Walsh 0-5, P O’Sullivan 0-2, M Cahill, C Mullins 0-1 each.	Report	B Twomey 1-2, L Coleman 0-5 f, D Lardner 0-4 (0-2 f), P De Roiste 1-1, J Molloy 1-0, A Creed 0-2, S Ahern, D Daly, E Clancy 0-1 each.	Referee: D Daly (Brian Dillons)

Newcestown v Mallow

30 July 2022 Round 1	Newcestown	1-24 - 3-16	Mallow	Coachford Sportsfield
	E Kenneally 0-11 (0-10 f, (0-1 65), L Meade, D Buckley 0-4 each, J Meade 1-2, S O’Donovan 0-2, N Kelly 0-1.	Report	M Tobin 0-11 (0-8 f), D Sheehan 2-0, F Heffernan 1-1, D Moynihan, P Lyons, P Herlihy, R Mills 0-1 each.	Referee: B Coniry (Crosshaven)

Mallow v Cloyne

5 August 2022 Round 2	Mallow	3-16 - 2-17	Cloyne	Páirc Mac Gearailt
	D Sheehan 2-1; P Lyons 0-5; D Hayes 1-1; M Tobin 0-4 (0-3 f); P Herlihy 0-2, S Copps, N O’Riordan, P Healy 0-1 each.	Report	B O’Shea 0-11 (0-10 f, 0-1 65), B Walsh 2-1; C Cahill, C Mullins 0-2 each; P O’Sullivan 0-1.	Referee: C Lane (Banteer)

Newcestown v Fermoy

7 August 2022 Round 2	Newcestown	1-16 - 3-12	Fermoy	Ballingcollig Grounds
	E Kenneally 1-10 (0-6 f), L Meade 0-2, J Meade (f), E Collins, C O’Neill, P Collins 0-1 each.	Report	L Coleman 0-8 (0-6 f), S Aherne, T Clancy, G O’Callaghan 1-0 each, J Carr 0-2 (0-1 f), D Daly, and D Lardner 0-1 each.	Referee: B Murphy (Carrigtwohill)

Mallow v Fermoy

27 August 2022 Round 3	Mallow	1-16 - 0-22	Fermoy	Castletownroche Grounds
	M Tobin 1-5 (0-3 f), P Herlihy 0-5, P Healy, F O’Neill 0-2 each, P Lyons and S Hayes 0-1 each.	Report	L Coleman (f), J Carr 0-4 each, S Aherne, D Daly 0-3 each, P De Róiste (0-2), A Creed, P Murphy, M Brennan, T Clancy, G O’Callaghan and A Aherne (0-1 each).	Referee: M Maher (St. Finbarr's)

Newcestown v Cloyne

27 August 2022 Round 3	Newcestown	0-16 - 1-26	Cloyne	Church Road
	C Dineen 0-4, E Kenneally 0-3 (0-2f), J Meade 0-3, L Meade, J Kelleher, E Collins, R O’Sullivan, S O’Donovan, T Twomey (0-1 each).	Report	B O’Shea 0-15 (0-10 f, 0-1 sl), M Cahill 1-3, C Mullins 0-3, B Walsh 0-2, P O’Sullivan, E Motherway, D Byrne 0-1 each.	Referee: C Lyons (Nemo Rangers)

Group B

Group B table

  Advance to knockout stage   Advance to relegation play-off

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Fr. O'Neill's	3	3	0	0	81	55	26	6
Courcey Rovers	3	2	0	1	64	64	0	4
Blarney	3	1	0	2	54	73	-19	2
Killeagh	3	0	0	3	57	64	-7	0

Group B results

Fr. O'Neill's v Blarney

31 July 2022 Round 1	Fr. O'Neill's	3-23 - 0-17	Blarney	Erin's Own Grounds
	D Dalton 1-10 (0-8 f), B Dunne 2-4, K O’Sullivan 0-4, M O’Keeffe 0-2, G Millerick, R Cullinane, J Hankard 0-1 each.	Report	M Coleman 0-5 (0-4 f), P Power 0-3, D McSweeney 0-2, A McEvoy, C Power, P Philpott, P Crowley, S Barrett, C Barrett 0-1 each.	Referee: S Scanlon (Newcestown)

Killeagh v Courcey Rovers

31 July 2022 Round 1	Killeagh	3-11 - 0-22	Courcey Rovers	Ovens Grounds
	E Keniry 2-7 (0-2 f), A Walsh 1-1, A Leahy, S Long, G Leahy 0-1 each.	Report	T O’Sullivan 0-7 (0-4 f, 0-1 65), J O’Neill 0-4, O Crowley 0-3, R Sweetman 0-2, R Nyhan 0-2, S Twomey, M Collins, S Nyhan (f), D J Twomey 0-1 each.	Referee: D Kirwan (Éire Óg)

Killeagh v Blarney

6 August 2022 Round 2	Killeagh	0-18 - 0-19	Blarney	Erin's Own Grounds
	E Keniry 0-13 f, A Leahy 0-2, S Walsh, D Walsh and R McCarthy 0-1 each.	Report	M Coleman 0-14 (0-11 f, 0-2 65), S Crowley 0-2, M O’Leary, P Power, S Barrett 0-1 each.	Referee: B Coniry (Crosshaven)

Fr. O'Neill's v Courcey Rovers

7 August 2022 Round 2	Fr. O'Neill's	2-20 - 0-19	Courcey Rovers	Éire Óg Grounds
	D Dalton 0-10 (0-4 f, 0-1 sl, 0-1 65), B Dunne 1-4, P Hassett 1-0, John Millerick 0-2, P McMahon, M O’Keeffe, E Motherway, L O’Driscoll 0-1 each.	Report	T O’Sullivan 0-14 (0-10 f), R Nyhan, L Collins, D J Twomey, R Sweetman, S Twomey 0-1 each.	Referee: D Kirwan (Éire Óg)

Fr. O'Neill's v Killeagh

27 August 2022 Round 3	Fr. O'Neill's	2-17 - 2-13	Killeagh	Youghal Grounds
	D Dalton 0-12 (0-7 f), B Dunne, J Hankard 1-0 each, M O'Keeffe, P McMahon R Cullinane, T Millerick, E Conway 0-1 each.	Report	E Keniry 0-8 (0-5 f), R McCarthy 1-1 (1-0 pen), C Fitzgibbon 1-0, B Barry, A Leahy, A Walsh, G Leahy, 0-1 each.	Referee: E Coleman (Youghal)

Blarney v Courcey Rovers

27 August 2022 Round 3	Blarney	0-18 - 2-17	Courcey Rovers	Páirc Uí Rinn
	M Coleman 0-9 f, P Power, S Barrett 0-3 each, D McSweeney 0-2, E Kirby 0-1.	Report	R Sweetnam 0-7 (0-4 f), S Twomey 2-0, S Nyhan 0-4 f, J O’Neill, B Ryan, O Crowley, F Lordan, DJ Twomey, T O’Sullivan (f) 0-1 each.	Referee: P Lyons (Bishopstown)

Group C

Group C table

  Advance to knockout stage   Advance to relegation play-off

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Bride Rovers	3	2	1	0	80	56	24	5
Ballyhea	3	1	2	0	63	50	13	4
Carrigtwohill	3	1	1	1	57	69	-12	3
Ballymartle	3	0	0	3	40	65	-25	0

Group C results

Ballyhea v Ballymartle

30 July 2022 Round 1	Ballyhea	1-22 - 0-12	Ballymartle	Grenagh Grounds
	P O’Callaghan 1-11 (0-8 f, 0-1 65), E O’Leary 0-7, Jack Morrissey 0-2, John Morrissey, M O’Sullivan 0-1 each.	Report	D McCarthy 0-4 f, B Corry, S Dorney, M Higgins 0-2 each, E Healy (f), E O’Leary 0-1 each.	Referee: P Lyons (Bishopstown)

Carrigtwohill v Bride Rovers

31 July 2022 Round 1	Carrigtwohill	0-20 - 5-24	Bride Rovers	Clonmult Memorial Park
	S Walsh 0-8, L Gosnell 0-5 (0-4 f), T Hogan 0-3, P O’Sullivan, P Hogan, J McCarthy, J Mulcahy 0-1 each.	Report	B Roche 2-3, C Tobin 2-3 (0-1 f), A Walsh 1-3, P O’Flynn, C O’Connor, D Dooley 0-2 each, C Barry 0-2 f, J Mannix, S O’Connor, W Finnegan, R O’Connell, K Kearney, M Collins, J Ahern 0-1 each.

Carrigtwohill v Ballymartle

6 August 2022 Round 2	Carrigtwohill	1-16 - 0-12	Ballymartle	Páirc Uí Rinn
	S Rohan 1-3, L Gosnell 0-6 (0-4 f), S Walsh 0-4, J McCarthy 0-2, J Oke 0-1.	Report	D McCarthy (0-1 f), E Healy (f) 0-3 each, D Desmond, B Corry, L Corry, P Dorney, S Corry, S Cummins 0-1 each.	Referee: M Maher (St. Finbarr's)

Bride Rovers v Ballyhea

7 August 2022 Round 2	Bride Rovers	1-17 - 2-14	Ballyhea	Kildorrery Grounds
	A Walsh 0-7 (0-4 f), C Tobin 1-2, W Finnegan 0-5 f, C O’Connor, K Kearney, P O’Flynn 0-1 each.	Report	P O’Callaghan 2-10 (0-9 f), M O’Sullivan 0-2, D Curtin, J Morrissey 0-1 each.	Referee: N Wall (Carrigaline)

Bride Rovers v Ballymartle

27 August 2022 Round 3	Bride Rovers	0-21 - 1-13	Ballymartle	Riverstown Sportsfield
	A Walsh 0-7 (0-6 f), B Roche 0-6, R O’Connell, C Tobin 0-2 each, P O’Flynn 0-2 f, M Collins 0-1.	Report	D McCarthy 0-8 (0-5 f, 0-1 65, 0-1 sl), K Fitzpatrick 1-1, K O’Callaghan 0-2, B Corry and L O’Callaghan 0-1 each.	Referee: I McCarthy (Bandon)

Carrigtwohill v Ballyhea

27 August 2022 Round 3	Carrigtwohill	0-18 - 0-18	Ballyhea	Ballyanley Grounds
	S Walsh 0-6 (0-1 65), L Gosnell 0-4 f, P Hogan 0-3, S Devlin (f), S Rohan 0-2 each, J Mulcahy 0-1.	Report	P O’Callaghan 0-9 (0-6 f), Jack Morrissey, M O’Sullivan 0-2 each, Tiernan Hanley, John Morrissey, D Curtin, E O’Leary, C Hanley 0-1 each.	Referee: A O'Connor (Ballygarvan)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-Finals				Semi-Finals				Final
	Bride Rovers (Imokilly)	4-24
	Cloyne (Imokilly)	2-11
					Fr. O'Neill's (Imokilly)	1-24
					Bride Rovers (Imokilly)	0-16
									Fr. O'Neill's (Imokilly)	0-20
									Courcey Rovers (Carrigdhoun)	2-12
	Ballyhea (Avondhu)	0-16
	Courcey Rovers (Carrigdhoun)	0-17
					Fermoy (Avondhu)	0-14
					Courcey Rovers (Carrigdhoun)	5-14

Relegation playoff

Ballymartle v Killeagh

10 September 2022 Playoff	Ballymartle	0-13 - 1-16	Killeagh	Church Road
	D McCarthy 0-7 f, P Dorney, K Fitzpatrick, S Dorney, B Corry, J Dwyer, D Desmond 0-1 each.	Report	E Keniry 0-14 (0-8 f, 0-2 65), R McCarthy 1-0, A Walsh, D Kelleher 0-1 each.	Referee: D Copps (Ballyhea)

Quarter-finals

Bride Rovers v Cloyne

10 September 2022 Quarter-final	Bride Rovers	4-24 - 2-11	Cloyne	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	A Walsh 1-5, 5f, B Roche 2-1, C Tobin 1-2, C Ryan 0-4, 1 sideline, W Finnegan and K Kearney 0-3 each, P O’Flynn and R O’Connell 0-2 each, S O’Connor and C Barry 0-1 each.	Report	B O’Shea 0-7, 5f, M Cahill 2-0, B Walsh 0-2, B Minihane and K Dennehy 0-1 each.	Referee: S Scanlon (Newcestown)

Ballyhea v Courcey Rovers

10 September 2022 Quarter-final	Ballyhea	0-16 - 0-17	Courcey Rovers	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	P O’Callaghan 0-8 (0-6 f, 0-1 sl, 0-1 65), M O’Sullivan 0-2, D Curtin, Tom Hanley, D Copps, G Morrissey, E O’Leary, John Morrissey 0-1 each.	Report	R Sweetnam 0-12 (0-11 f, 0-1 65), S Nyhan 0-2 f, B Ryan, S Twomey, O Crowley, 0-1 each.	Referee: I McCarthy (Bandon)

Semi-finals

Fermoy v Courcey Rovers

23 September 2022 Semi-final	Fermoy	0-14 - 5-14	Courcey Rovers	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	L Coleman 0-9 (0-7 f, 0-2 65), S Aherne 0-2, J Carr, B Twomey, M Brennan 0-1 each.	Report	S Twomey 4-0, R Nyhan 1-1, R Sweetnam 0-7 (0-3 f), S Nyhan 0-2 f, O Crowley, J O’Neill, T O’Sullivan, B Ryan 0-1 each.	Referee: N Wall (Ballincollig)

Fr. O'Neill's v Bride Rovers

24 September 2022 Semi-final	Fr. O'Neill's	1-24 - 0-16	Bride Rovers	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	D Dalton 0-11 (0-10 f); B Dunne 1-2; T Millerick 0-3; J Hankard 0-2; P McMahon, D Harrington, K O’Sullivan, John Millerick, Joe Millerick E Conway 0-1 each.	Report	W Finnegan 0-4 (0-1 f); P O’Flynn, A Walsh (0-1 65, 0-1 f), S O’Connor 0-2 each; E Roche, K Kearney, D Dooley, R O’Connell, B Roche, C Ryan 0-1 each.	Referee: M Maher (St. Finbarr's)

Final

Courcey Rovers v Fr. O'Neill's

9 October 2022 Final	Courcey Rovers	2-12 - 0-20	Fr. O'Neill's	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	R Sweetnam 0-5 (0-3 f), R Nyhan, S Nyhan (f) 1-1 each, DJ Twomey, O Crowley 0-2 each, C Roche 0-1.	Report	D Dalton 0-7 (0-3 f, 0-1 65), B Dunne 0-4, Joe Millerick, John Millerick 0-3 each, T Millerick 0-2, K O’Sullivan 0-1.	Referee: C O'Regan (Ballyhea)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Declan Dalton	Fr. O'Neill's	1-50	53	5	10.60
2	Eoghan Keniry	Killeagh	2-42	48	4	12.00
3	Pa O'Callaghan	Ballyhea	3-38	47	4	11.75
4	Brian O'Shea	Cloyne	0-43	43	4	10.75
5	Richard Sweetnam	Courcey Rovers	0-34	34	6	5.66
6	Adam Walsh	Bride Rovers	2-24	30	5	6.00
7	Billy Dunne	Fr. O'Neill's	5-14	29	5	5.80
8	Mark Coleman	Blarney	0-28	28	3	9.33
9	Edmund Kenneally	Newcestown	1-24	27	3	9.00
10	Brian Roche	Bride Rovers	4-11	23	5	4.60
	Mark Tobin	Mallow	1-20	23	3	7.66
	Tadhg O'Sullivan	Courcey Rovers	0-23	23	6	3.83

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Pa O'Callaghan	Ballyhea	2-10	16	Bride Rovers
2	Brian O'Shea	Cloyne	0-15	15	Newcestown
3	Pa O'Callaghan	Ballyhea	1-11	14	Ballymartle
	Tadhg O'Sullivan	Courcey Rovers	0-14	14	Fr. O'Neill's
	Mark Coleman	Blarney	0-14	14	Killeagh
	Eoghan Keniry	Killeagh	0-14	14	Ballymartle
7	Eoghan Keniry	Killeagh	2-07	13	Courcey Rovers
	Edmund Kenneally	Newcestown	1-10	13	Fermoy
	Declan Dalton	Fr. O'Neill's	1-10	13	Blarney
	Eoghan Keniry	Killeagh	0-13	13	Blarney

Miscellaneous

• Fr. O'Neill's win their first Senior A title, having lost previous two finals.